[lesterb]

The remedy for this is supposedly change Settings > Player > Videos > Render Method from Auto Detect to Software but Auto Detect is the only option shown.

[Neo1973]

You have to remove the selection from the settings below:

Set Allow hardware acceleration to off to disable it for all formats or only deselect Use HEVC to disable it for h265 specifically.

[lesterb]

Thanks. I didn't realise there was anything below the Render Method line. It was a problem with scrolling on my TV box. I don't have as many entries as you show but I've turned off both entries and now it seems to play without stopping and starting but it is slightly jerky.

[Neo1973]

Well, h265 is not trivial to decode in software. Depending on the resolution and bit rate of your video and the capabilities of your hardware stuttering can't be avoided.

[lesterb]

Ok. Thanks for your help.

[Wondercool]

Hi, 

I have the same problem (Debian bookworm, Kodi 21.1 standalone via backports) but I don't have those menu entries at all.
i.e. In Settings -> Player -> Video I have Hardware Decoding with Autodetect greyed out and no other entries, HD scaling = 20 percent and then nothing else in the Processing section, the next Section is Stereoscopic 3D settings

I have a Pentium J5005 with Intel 605 graphics internal.

I have a feeling I need to install some non-free drivers but Debian won't do that by default of course.

Any ideas?

[Hitcher]

Are you still in 'Standard' settings mode? Check the cog at the bottom left of the screen.

[Wondercool]

hi, thanks for the reply.

Yes it's on Expert.

I also installed intel-gpu-tools and firmware-linux-nonfree in the last 10 min and rebooted but no go.

$ inxi -Gxx
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel GeminiLake [UHD Graphics 605] vendor: Dell driver: i915
    v: kernel arch: Gen-9 ports: active: HDMI-A-1 empty: DP-1, DP-2, DP-3,
    HDMI-A-2 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:3184
  Display: server: No display server data found. Headless machine?
    tty: 80x24
  Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 model: Sharp LCD res: 1920x1080 dpi: 45
    diag: 1256mm (49.5")
  API: OpenGL Message: GL data unavailable in console. Try -G --display

$ inxi -Gxx --display
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel GeminiLake [UHD Graphics 605] vendor: Dell driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-9
    ports: active: HDMI-A-1 empty: DP-1, DP-2, DP-3, HDMI-A-2 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:3184
  Display: server: No display server data found. Headless machine?
  Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 model: Sharp LCD res: 1920x1080 dpi: 45 diag: 1256mm (49.5")
  API: OpenGL Message: No GL data found on this system.

[Neo1973]

Please provide a debug log to investigate further: https://kodi.wiki/view/Log_file

[contadino]

Maybe there is an easy solution?! I had similar problems:
problem with VA-API solved

[Wondercool]

Thank you for your help.

I am not sure what is happening. It seems CPU is acceptable now (30-40 percent). I am sorry for wasting your time.

The only thing I did was: I added the user that is executing the Kodi service (my account actually) to some permission groups:

sudo usermod -a -G cdrom,audio,render,video,plugdev,users,dialout,dip,input <user account name>

I can't think of anything else that changed.
Note that your link contadino assumes X11 is installed but I havn't installed X11.
I did create debug logs and it looks like the Intel driver is initialised.

2025-01-16 20:16:07.637 T:10210    info <general>: GL_RENDERER = Mesa Intel® UHD Graphics 605 (GLK 3)
and:
2025-01-16 20:16:07.626 T:10210   debug <general>: Vaapi2 EGL interop test results: general yes, deepColor yes
2025-01-16 20:16:07.627 T:10210   debug <general>: libva info: VA-API version 1.17.0
2025-01-16 20:16:07.627 T:10210   debug <general>: libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/iHD_drv_video.so
2025-01-16 20:16:07.627 T:10210   debug <general>: libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_1_17
2025-01-16 20:16:07.628 T:10210   debug <general>: libva info: va_openDriver() returns 0
2025-01-16 20:16:07.628 T:10210   debug <general>: VAAPI - initialize version 1.17
2025-01-16 20:16:07.628 T:10210   debug <general>: VAAPI - driver in use: Intel iHD driver for Intel® Gen Graphics - 23.1.1 ()
2025-01-16 20:16:07.628 T:10210   debug <general>: VAAPI - profile VAProfileMPEG2Simple
2025-01-16 20:16:07.628 T:10210   debug <general>: VAAPI - profile VAProfileMPEG2Main
2025-01-16 20:16:07.628 T:10210   debug <general>: VAAPI - profile VAProfileH264Main
2025-01-16 20:16:07.628 T:10210   debug <general>: VAAPI - profile VAProfileH264High
2025-01-16 20:16:07.628 T:10210   debug <general>: VAAPI - profile VAProfileJPEGBaseline
2025-01-16 20:16:07.628 T:10210   debug <general>: VAAPI - profile VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline
2025-01-16 20:16:07.628 T:10210   debug <general>: VAAPI - profile VAProfileVP8Version0_3
2025-01-16 20:16:07.628 T:10210   debug <general>: VAAPI - profile VAProfileHEVCMain
2025-01-16 20:16:07.628 T:10210   debug <general>: VAAPI - profile VAProfileHEVCMain10
2025-01-16 20:16:07.628 T:10210   debug <general>: VAAPI - profile VAProfileVP9Profile0
2025-01-16 20:16:07.628 T:10210   debug <general>: VAAPI - profile VAProfileVP9Profile2
2025-01-16 20:16:07.628 T:10210    info <general>: VAAPI::Close - closing decoder context

Not sure if this has changed. Anyway, it looks much better now.

Thank you again for your suggestions.